Injured Occupy Oakland protester should make full recovery, roommate says.

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A window at the Oakland Police Department's recruiting office was broken as Occupy Oakland protesters returned to Frank H. Ogawa Plaza after a mostly peaceful march through the streets of Oakland, Calif. on Saturday Oct. 29, 2011. (Anda Chu/Staff)

Protesters come face to face with a police line at the corner of Washington and 8th Streets in Oakland, Calif. on Saturday Oct. 29, 2011. Members of Occupy Oakland hit the streets again to spread their message. (Anda Chu/Staff)

Protesters march along Broadway in Oakland, Calif. on Saturday Oct. 29, 2011. Members of Occupy Oakland hit the streets again to spread their message. (Anda Chu/Staff)

Protesters carrying cardboard shields march down Broadway in Oakland, Calif. on Saturday Oct. 29, 2011. Members of Occupy Oakland hit the streets again to spread their message. (Anda Chu/Staff)

OAKLAND — An Iraq War veteran badly injured when police stormed an Occupy Oakland encampment last week is expected to make a full recovery, his roommate said Sunday.

Scott Olsen, 24, was badly hurt when he was hit in the head by a tear-gas canister fired by police trying to control a crowd that had swelled to 1,000 people on Tuesday night, according to witnesses.

Olsen was listed in critical condition at first, suffering damage to the speech center of his brain, according to Olson’s roommate, Keith Shannon. But though Olsen remained hospitalized Sunday and was not able to speak, doctors expect a full recovery, Shannon added. His condition Sunday was listed as fair.

Well wishes poured in Sunday to a website created for Olsen. Visitors to scottolsen.org can post messages and make donations to help Olsen’s family in a fund maintained by Iraq Veterans Against War.

The atmosphere in the encampment a Frank Ogawa Plaza in the city’s downtown was peaceful Sunday in contrast with the violent clash between protesters and police on Tuesday and a near confrontation Saturday night.

“It’s calmer, less violent and more organized,” said Ken Houston, an Oakland resident and construction business owner. Houston stayed a few nights in the first camp and was all smiles as he walked around the new encampment Sunday, saying he feels impressed by the new atmosphere. The cleanliness seems improved, and the camp is also more walkable, he said.

Houston said he thinks the police shutdown of the camp Tuesday was a reality check for its occupants.

But members of the medical staff serving the demonstrators vowed to occupy Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s office Monday unless medical supplies seized by police when the first encampment was broken up are returned by noon.

A board covered a section of the Oakland police recruiting station near the camp, hours after protesters broke it as a Saturday night march against police brutality was winding down.

The march saw some tense moments as police in riot gear faced off against the crowd. Other organizers intervened, holding up peace signs, and marchers returned to their camp at the plaza in front of City Hall, although some marchers broke parking meters, sprayed buildings with anti-police slogans, and broke the window on their return to camp. Police did not intervene.

In an e-mail Sunday, Quan’s spokeswoman, Sue Piper, wrote that “The activity at the plaza continues to be peaceful.”

Officials are looking into reports of vandalism and graffiti, that a demonstrator pulled a knife on other protesters and that demonstrators poured water onto news reporters, Piper added.

The city is also performing daily fire inspections and maintaining “a minimal police presence at the plaza,” Piper wrote.

Demonstrators continued planning for a general strike and “mass day of action” to be held Wednesday.

Organizer Tim Simons calls it “the largest organization project any of us have ever been involved in,” and said he believes tens of thousands of people will flood downtown Oakland on that day, shutting down that part of the city and marking a shift in the energy and direction of the movement.

A news conference is planned for Monday at 4 p.m. in Latham Square at the intersection of Broadway and Telegraph Avenue, where Oakland’s last general strike began in 1946. Simons said so far the plans include participation from organized labor, community members, students and the Occupy Oakland group.

With so many different perspectives and parties joining in, he said, “there won’t be one center of gravity driving the whole thing,” though three mass gatherings are already planned for 9 a.m., noon and 5 p.m. at 14th Street and Broadway. There is also a march planned from the 5 p.m. gathering to the Port of Oakland in hopes of shutting down business there by the start of the 7 p.m. shift.

Fliers spreading word about the strike promise that “all banks and corporations must close down for the day or we will march on them.” The fliers also call for solidarity with the worldwide Occupy movement, an end to police aggression and support for local schools and libraries.

The strike has gotten support from union members and leaders of local labor organizations, including Josie Camacho of the Alameda Labor Council, Clarence Thomas of the International Longshoreman and Warehouse Union and Betty Olson-Jones of the Oakland Education Association. No unions have yet voted to officially support the strike, but organizers said they expect a high level of participation.

Piper said city employees who wish to support the strike can ask their supervisors for permission to use leave time, a floating unpaid furlough day, or a day off without pay on Wednesday.